presents

Angela Chan

December 14th, 2003

A Christmas Recital featuring

Young Musicians and Guest Artists

Foreword

In the cultivation of a budding musician, positive performing experiences un-der an encouraging and supportive atmosphere is essential. These experiences help nurture the young musician’s passion, provide a sense of accomplish-ment and builds confidence. In light of this, our brave young performers today will present their best mu-sical efforts in a live performance - an indispensable first step towards an ar-tistic journey, a process that is constantly unfolding and evolving. We also hope that performances by guest concert artists and works by an amateur photographer will not only entertain our audience and inspire our Young Performers through their artistic media, but to enforce a strong artis-tic lineage spanning many generations. Thank you for attending, and let us enjoy our day together! Angela Chan

A Special Note of Appreciation

For the supportive efforts making this event a success

Mr. & Mrs. Hellyer Chan Our young performers

Catherine Lagopatis Supportive Parents and Our Dear Friends

Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Ma - Les Copines de Chine Restaurant

Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Wong

Pamela Korman Susan Ajersch

Anna Szpilberg Peter Pisano

Janette Wolff Philippe Saikali

Angela Ho Michael Chang

Program Part One

Performances

Emilia Monaco Emilia Monaco - Chinese Song

Monaco & Chan - Theme & Variations on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Sihan Guo Bizet - Transcription of William Tell Overture

Thompson - Tall Red Birches Thompson - Funny Gnomes

Olivia Pisano (skit and piano) Christopher Norton - Simplicity (Duet)

The Mouse in the Coal Bin Christopher Norton - I’m First (Duet)

Clayton Ma Alfred - Storms on Saturn

Rainbow Connection (theme from the “Muppet Show”) Unchained Melody (theme from movie “Ghost”)

Emily To L. Niamath - Butterfly C. Norton - Spritely

P. Lambro - Mountain D. Kabalevsky - Little Dance

Jacqueline To Diabelli - Romance (Duet)

J.S.Bach - Minuet in D minor

Cynthia Wong A. Ellmenreich - Spinning Song

Kathleen Wong (Recording) Liszt (Transcription) - Liebestraum

Rachel Whiffen (Recording) Beethoven Sonata Op. 14 No:1 Third Movement: Rondo

Larry & Steven Tam Brahms - Hungarian Dance No: 5

Philippe Saikali Schumann - Der Dichter Spricht (from Kinderszenen)

Liszt - Consolation No:3

Jonathan Zhu (Violin) Wienawski - Obertass Angela Chan (Piano)

Tu Wei (Duet) Schubert - March Militaire

15 Minute Intermission

Buffet!

A Time for all to get Acquainted, to make New Friends, And

View Amateur Photography By Michael Chang

Where Comments and Critique Are Most Welcome!

Program Part Two

Anna Szpilberg D. Scarlatti – Sonata

Angela Ho & Angela Chan C. Norton – Winter Scenes

C. Norton – Enchanted Castle F. Poulenc - Sonata for 4 hands

Janette Wolff S. Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C# Minor Op.2 No.3

Catherine Lagopatis M. Hadjidakis - Preludes and Dance for piano No: 1 - Nocturne

Conversations with "Sergei Prokofiev" Cloudy Sunday

M. Theodorakis - Prelude for piano No: 4 Sostenuto e cantabile

Pamela Korman & Angela Chan E. Grieg - Norwegian Dance

G. Faure - Berceuse, Miao from Dolly’s Suite A. Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No: 8

Angela Chan / Pamela Korman / Anna Szpilberg S. Rachmaninoff - Valse for 6 Hands

End of Musical Performances

Finally, thank you all for making this a wonderful afternoon to remember, and a big congratulations to our Young Performers. Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! Angela Chan

My name is Emilia Heather Monaco and I am 6 years old. I am in Grade 1 at Windermere Elementary School in Bea-consfield. My hobbies and interests include furry animals, music, hip-hop dancing and drawing. I have been studying with Angela for since October, 2003.

My name is Jacqueline To and I just recently came to Montreal. I used to live in Vancouver. I am 12 years old and I go to St. Thomas High School. I’ve played the pi-ano for around 4 years. In Vancouver I sang in the choir for 2 years, played the recorder for 2 years and played the handchimes for 3 years in the Handchimes Ensem-ble. I now play the clarinet for music in school. My hob-bies are reading and playing on the computer.

I am Emily To. I am 9 years old and new to Montreal. I used to live in Vancouver. I’m in Grade 4 and my school is “Seigniory Elementary”. I just started recorder this year. I did Handchimes at my old school “Lakeview” for 1 year. I did singing in Vancouver at the Burnaby District Children’s Choir. I’ve been doing piano for 4 years. My hobbies are computer, drawing, watching tv, making origami and read-ing.

Hello! My name is Philippe Saikali and I was born in Lebanon and lived there until 2001. I have been studying biology in Montreal since then. Working with Angela for the past 2 years has been an amazing experience because I am fulfilling my long time passion to play the piano.

Olivia Pisano began piano lessons 4 years ago, and has been studying with Angela for 9 months. She sang back-up on the Kidzup CD’s and is interested in pursuing voice training in the future. Olivia’s musical interests range from classical to rock music. She enjoys dancing, painting, computer, swimming and enjoys playing with her pet puppy named Scampi.

My name is Larry Tam, I'm 15 and my brother is Steven and he's 12. We have been learning piano since August 2001. I'm in sec.4(grade 10) in Ecole Cavelier-de-LaSalle. My brother is in sec.1(grade 7) in College St-Louis. In our spare time, we like to play video games, work on the computer and of course, play piano.

Creative, humorous and socializing are Clayton Ma’s la-bels. Music is often his way to express his feeling and emo-tion, however primitive it is. Of all subjects, music is where he consistently achieved the highest mark. To demonstrate his energetic side, he won silver prizes in the Eastern Can-ada's Tai Kwon Do competition in the past two years. He is currently a blue belt player. His preferred game is Yu-gi-oh cards.

Sihan Guo is a happy girl who laughs out loud in her dreams. She is also highly curious, posing questions on everything from her brilliant mind. She likes beau-tiful piano music and Evgeny Kissin is her favorite pianist. She enjoys drawing, coloring, eating candies, telling stories, watching “Lion King” which she has viewed multiple times. Sihan is 6 years old and has studied with Angela since August 2002

Hello! My name is Cynthia Wong and I am 14 years old. I am a student at St. Thomas High School, and I am in secondary 3 (grade 9). I have been studying with An-gela for 6 years now. Besides playing the piano, I enjoy playing sports as in swimming, squash, kung-fu, etc. So I guess you can say that I’m an active person! What I enjoy the most, besides playing the piano, is Hip Hop! I also enjoy cooking.

Hi, my name is Kathleen Wong. I am 9 years old. I have been learning to play the piano for 3 years. I also take lessons in swim-ming, hip-hop, kung-fu, and Chinese. I like to play the piano be-cause it is interesting and fun. When I grow up, I would like to be a teacher or a pilot.

Angela Ho joined the Leonardo Project as performer as-sociate in June, 1997, and pursued her studies with Profes-sor Philip Cohen, artistic director of the Leonardo Project at Concordia University. Angela has given a number of recitals and ensemble performances in Hong Kong and in Montreal, including solo performances, and open re-hearsal series.

Angela Chan is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Special Individual Program of Concordia University engaging in the research on the implications of per-formance blocks encountered by pianists. Aside from performing and sharing her musical visions with her students, Angela also immerses herself in a diversity of interests ranging from interior decorating to medi-cine, computer technology, culinary arts, reading - and last but not the least - cats and fish.

Jonathan Zhu is a fourteen-year-old, who started his ca-reer at the age of four and a half, and since then he has made enormous progress. He currently goes to the WIYSO (West Island Youth Symphony Orchestra) and has already participated in numerous musical concerts. His favorite composer is Mozart. Besides music, he enjoys many activi-ties: reading, fishing, swimming and chess.

Wei Tu immigrated to Montreal from China in August 2003. From a tender age, Wei has demonstrated keen interest in piano and dance. Wei started studying piano at the age of 7, and received her Bachelor of Music degree majoring in piano in 2001 from XingHai Conservatory of Music in China. Since then, she has been serving as instructor at the Guangzhou University until she came to Can-ada. Wei is presently studying with Angela Chan to further her pi-anistic skills, as she intends to pursue her graduate degree in music performance in Montreal this coming academic year.

My name is Rachel Whiffen, John's mom from Kamloops, B.C. Angela and I have been working on the last movement of the Beethoven Sonata in E for the past couple months. She does not only tell me what to do or not do, but more im-portantly - how. Thank you Angela for opening so many channels in me. Merry Christmas, Professor Cohen, Angela and Michael, Anna, Angela Ho and all of you! Rachel and John Whiffen

Pamela Korman received a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Law-rence College (Bronxville, New York) and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music (New York). She subse-quently earned a Graduate Diploma in Advanced Music Per-formance Studies and a Ph.D. from Concordia University in Montreal where she studied with Prof. Philip Cohen who also served as her principal thesis advisor. Dr. Korman's thesis entitled "Intention, Creative Variability and Paradox in Recorded Performances of the Piano Music of Maurice Ravel" was nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Gold Medal.

Janette Wolff, originally from British Columbia, completed a Bachelor and Master degree at Univer-sity of Montreal. She then continued her studies in Paris, France with Monique Deschaussees, and since 1998 has been participating at the Leonardo Project, refining her pianistic artistry.

Catherine Lagopatis received the Graduate Award for Academic Excellence and Personal Distinction granted by the Hellenic Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal in 1999. Catherine has performed at Montreal’s Place-des-Arts, and also at the Parliament Hill in Ottawa as honorary guest pianist at the official unveiling of Canada Post’s commemorative stamp celebrating the 75th Anniversary of AHEPA.

Michael Chang is by profession an electronics instrumentation designer, and an avid amateur photographer who likes to explore digital imaging techniques. Michael is also an animal and music lover and indulges in an assortment of hobbies which include re-cycling and dumpster-diving. He enjoys a span of musical genres from Bach to Led Zeppelin. His most admired pianists are Glenn Gould and Vladimir Horowitz – pianists with attitude.

Anna Szpilberg is Artist-in-Residence of Concordia Univer-sity's Leonardo Research Project. At Concordia she has also taught piano, chamber music and the repertoire and literature of performance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Ms. Szpilberg has concertized throughout North America and Europe in solo recitals as well as with orchestra and chamber music ensembles.